"If one sit upon this throne whom men call King Ebalon, who then shall
I be?"

And the Prophet answered:

"Thou shalt be a beggar and thy name shall be Yeb, and thou shalt ever
tread the road before the palace waiting for alms from the King whom
men shall call Ebalon."

Then said the King:

"Hard gods indeed are those that tramp the snows of Ahmoon about the
temple of Azure, for if I sinned against this beggar called Yeb, they
too have sinned against him when they doomed him to travel on this
weary journey though he hath not offended."

And Monith said:

"He too hath offended, for he was angry as thy horse struck him, and
the gods smite anger. And his anger and his curses doom him to journey
without rest as also they doom thee."

Then said the King:

"Thou that sittest upon Ahmoon in the Temple of Azure, dreaming thy
dreams and making prophecies, foresee the ending of this weary quest
and tell me where it shall be?"

And Monith answered: